Mezco Might Finally Make Mortal Kombat Figures I Don’t Hate
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Mortal Kombat figures have been pretty consistently in toy stores since the ’90s, and they have just as consistently been really terrible; in fact, it’s hard to think of a license that has been so dependably screwed over.
Look, all we Mortal Kombat fans want are decently sculpted toys that actually look like the characters, and…well, let’s just start there, since nobody’s even gotten that far yet. Jazwares looked carved out of soap, Infinite Concepts tried to boast more than they had, and the G.I. Joe repaints were downright insulting, but came out in a time when fans would still buy anything (they did, however, yield the one and only custom figure I ever made that I’m proud of – I repainted Liu Kang into a comic-styled Crow).
Mezco’s, revealed at NYCC, look to break the mold of suck. They’re “pending licensor approval,” but since said licensor in the past has apparently never said no to anything, I think we’re good…
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